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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

August 23, 2016Decatur County, Rawlins County, Kansas; Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 23, 2016, 1:04 AM CDT for Decatur County, Rawlins County, Kansas; Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 23, 2016, 1:04 AM CDT (06:04 UTC)
Expired: Aug 23, 2016, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Decatur County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 220 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 23, 12:23 AM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 12:23 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 11:35 AM CDT, 13 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1035 AM MDT MON AUG 22 2016

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-231200-
YUMA COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-
DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-
GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1035 AM MDT MON AUG 22 2016 /1135 AM CDT MON AUG 22 2016/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA FROM THE
SOUTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE
PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LOCALLY GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS TO 50 MPH AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 22, 9:01 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
801 PM MDT MON AUG 22 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0801 PM     HAIL             EDSON                   39.33N 101.54W
08/22/2016  E0.75 INCH       SHERMAN            KS   PUBLIC

            DIME SIZE HAIL JUST BEGINNING IN EDSON.

&&

RHUSTED

Local storm report, Aug 22, 9:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
815 PM MDT MON AUG 22 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0801 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 W EDSON               39.33N 101.58W
08/22/2016  M59.00 MPH       SHERMAN            KS   MESONET

&&

RHUSTED

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 10:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1040 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2016

KSZ002-014-230430-
THOMAS KS-RAWLINS KS-
1040 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN RAWLINS AND
NORTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

AT 1039 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTH OF BREWSTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN
RAWLINS AND NORTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTIES.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 40 AND 42.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3962 10103 3935 10129 3941 10139 3957 10139
      3957 10140 3975 10133
TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 208DEG 13KT 3947 10135

BULLER

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 10:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
942 PM MDT MON AUG 22 2016

KSZ001-013-230430-
CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN KS-
942 PM MDT MON AUG 22 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHEYENNE AND
NORTHEASTERN SHERMAN COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS UNTIL 1030 PM
MDT/1130 PM CDT/...

AT 942 PM MDT/1042 PM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF GOODLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
CHEYENNE AND NORTHEASTERN SHERMAN COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3967 10141 3958 10141 3937 10158 3947 10181
      3978 10167
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 208DEG 12KT 3950 10167

BULLER

Special weather statement, Aug 23, 12:21 AM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 23, 1:04 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 22, 7:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman	50 min
Aug 22, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	53 min
Aug 22, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	48 min
Aug 22, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Thomas	46 min
Aug 22, 10:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Thomas	50 min
Aug 22, 10:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	48 min
Aug 23, 12:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	39 min
Aug 22, 8:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	52 min
Aug 23, 1:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Red Willow	25 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2016 Special Weather Statements in Nebraska, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.